New Dining Room for American Bochurim at Mir Yerushalayim

Yeshiva Mir-Yerushalayim, the largest Torah institution in the world with over 7,000 talmidim, continued to thrive under the leadership of Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, the rosh yeshiva, who filled the position of his father, the beloved Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel zt”l, who was niftar earlier this year.

This zeman, a number of changes have been made at the yeshiva to accommodate its exponential growth.

The yeshiva has experienced overcrowding, especially in the dining room. Lunch is generally served in two shifts, because, at that time, many avreichim eat in the dining room as well.

However, some American talmidim have complained that by the time they got down to the dining room, the food ran out.

Therefore, only registered students of the yeshiva will be able to enter the dining room, preventing those who are not enrolled from partaking of the yeshiva food.

Also, a third shift will be opened to accommodate new talmidim who as of yet have not found a seat in the dining room.

In addition, a new dining room for the American talmidim will be opened in the nearby Zvhil Yeshiva building, where those possessing a card will be granted entrance.

Another interesting development this zeman is that in the Bais Yeshaya bais medras, a chaburah of chassidishe talmidim are learning Daf Yomi as part of the regular yeshiva sedorim.

Earlier this year, Matzav.com first reported on an effort by askonim to address the yeshiva’s debt involved the launching of a worldwide campaign by askanim and friends of the yeshiva. During the campaign, noted baal tzedakah Reb Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz of Los Angeles donated $5 million to the yeshiva.

Matzav.com also shared some fascinating statistics about the yeshiva from earlier this year. Please note that these numbers have changed slightly since then:

Number of talmidim: 7,200

Number of botei medrash: 20

Number of staff members: 200+

Number of pieces of shnitzel served on Wednesdays: 10,000+

Number of students served lunch every day: 6,000

Monthly budget: 10,000,000 NIS

Monthly stipend budget: 3,000,000 NIS

Yearly budget: 120,000,000 NIS

In other news, the Los Angeles community is preparing to welcome Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, who will arrive there on August 30, together with his mother, Rebbetzin Leah Finkel, and his uncle, Rav Nachman Levovitz, for a Shabbos of Chizuk and breakfast reception.

On August 29, the Lakewood, NJ, will host a dinner for Mir Yerushalayim at Lake Terrace Hall. Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel will make a special trip from Eretz Yisroel to participate in the event.